Another characteristic is the customized package manager tdnf (Tiny Dandified YUM) which is similar to YUM but has also supports managing OSTree content (git-like versioned kickstartable filesystem content).

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Configuring Photon OS

When creating the Photon OS VM, I was using the following settings:

Guest operating system family: Linux

Guest operating system version: VMware Photon OS (64-Bit)

Alternatively, you can download pre-defined OVA templates on the project website.

After VM provisioning, it is a good idea to update and reboot the system:

# tdnf update
# systemctl reboot

By default, Photon OS uses DHCP to obtain IP information. If you prefer static IP addresses, you need to create a systemd configuration: